On 9/12/06, Andre Roberge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yet, I think it is a mistake to remove it (as I have stated before).
> To those that disagree, I would ask: how do you propose in concrete
> terms (not pie-in-the-sky) to replace Zelle`s book, Dawson's book and
> How to think like a computer s
Hi all,
I was going to do like John Zelle, and stop contributing to this
point, but I have a lot less discipline than he does.
A while ago, out of curiosity I bought "Python programming for the
absolute beginner" by Michael Dawson to see his approach as it is
considered an extremely newbie-friend
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> Behalf Of Jan Claeys
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:37 PM
> To: edu-sig@python.org
> Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Compatibility and legacy in language evolution
>
> Op za, 09-09-2006 te 17:53 -0700, schreef Rade
On 9/12/06, Joshua Zucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the point is that a C programmer can start writing C++
> programs without having to change anything -- legal C programs will
> still run just fine in C++. Then the C programmer can gradually learn
> whatever parts of the extensions of
On 9/12/06, Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Op za, 09-09-2006 te 17:53 -0700, schreef Radenski, Atanas:
> > Strictly speaking this is true, but Mr. Stroustrups own papers also
> > explain how important the full C/C++ compatibility is - and that
> > achieving it is his ideal
>
> Well, strict
On 9/9/06, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But that's just [our] "stars in the sky" style over in Buckyville. We
> have these weird slogans, like "YOU be the glue." Brad says our
> private sky is NOT THE WORLD in his posts. He sounds like a
> philosopher. Some other castle somewhere,
Op za, 09-09-2006 te 17:53 -0700, schreef Radenski, Atanas:
> Strictly speaking this is true, but Mr. Stroustrups own papers also
> explain how important the full C/C++ compatibility is - and that
> achieving it is his ideal
Well, strictly speaking language A can only be fully compatible with
lang
On 9/12/06, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Top-to-bottom executable scripting, with maybe forks in the road, as in:
>
> dumb_user_says = raw_input("yes or no?: ")
>
> and likely no going back if you answer it wrong:
>
> confirm = raw_input("are you sure??")
>
"... is a style we don't re
On 9/8/06, Joshua Zucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/8/06, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think the model today is "a person writing code for him or herself"
> > i.e. "self as client" -- at least in an early context. We're not
> > guiding the unknowing through a menu tree. We
On 12 Sep 2006 at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> To cut to the chase: raw_input() provides an extremely useful
> I/O function for simple exercise type problems which are so essential
> in building a beginners repertoire of programming techniques and
> for 'John Zeller' type problems ( simple qu
On 9/10/06, Hugh Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To cut to the chase: raw_input() provides an extremely useful
> I/O function for simple exercise type problems which are so essential
> in building a beginners repertoire of programming techniques and
> for 'John Zeller' type problems ( simple
Hugh Stewart wrote:
>
>
> Python gives us a programming language of extraordinary productivity
> at all levels of programming (especially for beginners).
>
Exactly.
Peter Chase
Alpine, TX
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